UPDATE (3/8/18): After a win in the Senate, the Virginia House has unanimously passed the WCW-backed bill to permanently defund maximum pain tests on dogs and cats. The bill is headed to the governor’s desk! Originally posted on 2/9/18 In a major win for taxpayers and animals, the Virginia State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill to...
Once a strong defender of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “maximum pain” experiments on puppies, ABC Richmond reports VA Secretary David Shulkin has now done a much-welcome about-face on the issue. In an interview with The Daily Caller–in response to a question prompted by Roger Stone’s recent op-ed on the topic–Shulkin stated, “I am not a...
AMVETS — one of the nation’s largest and most influential veterans groups representing more than 250,000 veterans — has joined WCW and more than a dozen other veterans’ organizations to denounce the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) painful dog experiments. In a letter to Congressional leaders with authority over the VA’s budget, AMVETS wrote: “…the VA...
One million Americans tuned in to this hard-hitting Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) report that features White Coat Waste Project’s campaign to expose and stop the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) wasteful and cruel dog experiments. Pat Robertson, one of the country’s most influential conservatives, denounced the VA’s dog labs saying: “Some of this looks like it’s...
UPDATE (2/21/18): More national veterans groups have come out in support of ending the VA’s painful dog experiments and redirecting resources to more productive programs for veterans. Groups endorsing the campaign include American GI Forum, American Military Retirees Association, AMVETS, DisabledVeterans.org, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., Military-Veterans Advocacy, Jewish War Veterans of the USA,...
In an unprecedented and astounding win for White Coat Waste Project (WCW), taxpayers and animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it is permanently canceling its nicotine experiments on monkeys and sending dozens of monkeys involved in the study to a sanctuary. The Washington Post, New York Times, Huffington Post and others...
In a new column for The Daily Caller, legendary political strategist and former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone calls on the President to end wasteful and cruel taxpayer-funded dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Stone writes: “The VA’s dog testing is another horror show that needs to end. Neglecting veterans’ needs and abusing man’s...
Rep. Robert Pittenger meets with WCW and constituents at his Washington, D.C. office Just weeks after White Coat Waste Project exposed how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is trying to force sunscreen companies to conduct unnecessary, expensive and cruel poisoning tests on animals, Congress is taking action. As reported by POLITICO and Chemical & Engineering News, North...
